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• Along the Roadside -- Wild and Free

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What's for Supper?

  

  I headed out to the garden yesterday morning planning to do some hoeing and weeding. But first, I thought, maybe I ought to see if anything needs picking. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Window

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading and Writing and Gardening

  

  Some book pusher, probably Mario over on Facebook, recommended this book at sometime in the past and I promptly downloaded it to my Kindle and forgot about it. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blooming Now

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Porch

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Hold These Truths

  

  to be self-evident, that all men* are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life,... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Closer Look

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Chicken Parenting

  

  September 15 (First meeting) 6-8:30 pm at the Riverlink offices in Asheville. Forty Pages -- a class through the Great Smokies Writing Program on... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• When I Stood Up for "Dixie"

  

  I wish I was in the land of cotton; old times there are not forgotten; Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land. It is fall 1958, in Tampa, Florida and the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On the Last Day of June

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Must Tend Our Garden

  

  We had rain and the air is delightfully cool and dry -- a good time to be in the garden. What you see here is asparagus above the wall and summer squash,... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And There Was Great Rejoicing -- Along With Weeping and Wailing and Gnashing of...

  

  Good grief, what a week! First the horror of the Charleston shooting -- followed by the amazing grace and dignity of the response from the victims' families. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More from Around the Farm

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Khaleesi, Mother of . . . One Very Large Chick

  

  Justin and Claui's chickens are free range these days and when the lone bantam hen went missing, they assumed the worst. Things happen to chickens, as my... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mullein

  

  May 31 - June 6 JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL - A Practical Guide to Writing Popular Fiction i'll be leading a class for all levels in the nuts and bolts of... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dinosaurs Walk Among Us . . .

  

  No, I'm no talking about those benighted individuals who cling to their Confederate flags and white supremacy as fervently as they cling to their assault rifles. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Some Sweet Southern Reading

  

  Clyde Edgerton writes Piedmont North Carolina with the sure touch of a man who was born and bred there and has been paying close attention all the while. Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Welcome, Solstice! . . .

  

  After great sorrow, After hateful words and deeds, Our sun still rises; Flowers still unfold; Fruits still ripen in the sun And the Great Wheel turns . . . Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• "When the World Wearies . . .

  

  . . . and society ceases to satisfy, There is always the garden." (William Affleck) And sometimes there are rainbows. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY